Full-Scale Restoration of Himeji Castle Continues

A woman stands at an observation point to view repairs being carried out to the main roof at Himeji Castle during its extensive restoration work on August 31, 2011 in Hemeji, Japan. Built between the 14th and 17th centuries and registered as a World Heritage site in 1993. Himeji Castle is undergoing a 5 year period of full-scale restoration work which began in December 2009 and is due to be completed in 2014. Using traditional techniques, structural repairs are being carried out to plaster walls, the eaves and canopies of the upper levels that have been damaged or become soiled over a period of 45 years since the last major restoration work was completed in 1964. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

Japan Marks Obon Festival

People float lanterns  during the Obon Festival, honouring the spirits of deceased ancestors, at Eiheiji on August 21, 2011 in Fukui, Japan. The Japanese Buddhist festival sees families returning to their home towns to gather and pray with each other for relatives who have died, honouring their spirits. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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A Child Enjoy in Summer Holiday

A child plays on the metal structure of bird in Children Park on August 14, 2011 in Fukui, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery) 

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Sun Go Down to Rest

Sunset in the hottest summer day on August 14, 2011 in Fukui city, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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Kids Try to Beat the Heat in the Hottest Day

A child cool off playing at a water fountain in the Angele Land on August 13,2011 in Fukui, Japan.  According to local media over 33 degrees Celsius high temperatures continue in Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)   

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Japanese return to home town spend to Obrn holidays

People carry baggage and return to their home town for spends to Obrn holiday on August 12, 2011 at JR railway station in Fukui, Japan. Obon is one of the most important Japanese traditions. People believe that their ancestors' spirits come back to their homes to be reunited with their family during Obon and pray for the spirits. For the reason, Obon is an important family gathering time, and many people return to their hometowns. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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Phoenix Dance Competition in Fukui

Women use traditional style modern umbrellas and perform dance on the street during a competition of  Phoenix dance festival on August 6, 2011 in Fukui city, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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Commemorate 66th Anniversary Of Atomic Bomb

A survivor of the atomic bomb who evacuated from Hiroshima, attends a religion ceremony commemorate the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, at Buddhist temple on August 4, 2011 in Fukui, Japan. The world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the United States during World War II, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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Power-generating windmill in Awara

A power-generating windmill turbine operates against the backdrop of sunset in a wind farm on August 1, 2011 at Awara city, Fukui, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)

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Sunflowers In Full Bloom In Fukui

A bee enjoys a full bloom sunflower at Ikegami sunflower farm on August 1, 2011 in Sakai city, Fukui, Japan. People in Japan are being encouraged to grow sunflowers with a goal of decontaminating soil made radioactive in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In the process called phytoremediation plants have evolved to live in contaminated areas by eventually extracting toxics from the soil. Sunflowers have been used in the past to suck up radioactive cesium and strontium in a pond at the Chernobyl nuclear accident site back in 1994. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery) 4204

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